I actually disagree with you on this one. I liked the move, as long as it's a single game.

The job Holiday did on Ellis I thought was the key to the game. The main mismatch you have with our traditional lineup was Thad on Morrow, but he had a similar mismatch on Vlad, who didn't have a chance in hell of stopping Thad from driving.

If you make the change, you do it by saying "I want to get my best perimeter defender on Morrow, I think Thad still has a mismatch he can exploit, and I think the Warriors are bad enough on the boards (missing their two best big men) that they won't be able to exploit the disadvantages our small lineup creates on the offensive glass". In the end, all 3 turned out to be true. Jrue shut Ellis down, Thad destroyed the Warriors regardless of who defended him, and the Warriors grabbed only 15% of their o-boards.

Do you guys remember the bobcats game? where brand leave boris diaw for wide open jump shots. Well, Vlad is a much better shooter than diaw. How many 3's will he had? and how can you debate a move which had us up by 30+ points. AI played great 20 pts 7/10 6/8 FT's 4 assist and 1 TO.

Brand can not guard three point shooters. His offensive game has not showed that he can dominate anyone no matter how inadequate the defender. He has no shown one skillset consistently.
Thad I love but having a quick guy in front of him will hinder his drives to the basket. Yeah he can post up but he can post Vladimir too. And drive by him with ease.
Eddie also has given ai carte blanche. He's starting, period. We needed to get jrues d on the floor.